Office of General Counsel

Kyhm Penfil

Campus Counsel, UC Irvine

Kyhm Penfil is Campus Counsel at UC Irvine. She advises the Chancellor,
Provost, Vice Chancellors and Deans with respect to a broad range of
legal issues, including constitutional law, intellectual property, real
estate, gifts, academic affairs and discrimination. Before joining the
University, Ms. Penfil was a partner at Irell & Manella LLP, where
her practice focused on intellectual property litigation at the trial
and appellate levels.

Ms. Penfil earned her J.D., Order of the Coif,
from the University of Southern California, where she served on the
Southern California Law Review, and her A.B. from Wellesley College. Los
Angeles Magazine has named Ms. Penfil one of the Top 50 Lawyers in
Orange County and one of the Top 50 Female Lawyers in Southern
California.